Chiro, Taren, and Phillip snuck onto the rafters above the high school gymnasium, the only place large enough to fit all of Shuggazoom City's citizens.

The meeting was about to start when they got there.

The former mayor stood on a chair, trying to get everyone's attention. "People! People! Attention please!" The citizens quieted down. "As you all know, somebody revolted against Mandarin today." Everyone started whispering again, but were silenced by a wave of the mayor's hand. "I, for one, consider this a very brave action." Everyone gasped. "The Hyper Force may be Mandarin's prisoners, but that doesn't mean we should do everything he says! This is our city! We have the right to do as we please!"

Half the group started cheering while the other half felt uneasy.

"What if he hurts our children because we rebelled?" A mother asked. Everyone was silent once more.

The door slammed open. Mandarin stood in the doorway, surrounded by half a dozen formless.

"A resistance? Tsk, tsk. That won't do. Formless, take their little ones." Mandarin snickered.

Up above, Chiro frowned.

"Not on my watch." He mumbled, preparing the bow and arrow he'd been given.

He stood up, keeping his balance perfectly, and fired six arrows, destroying all the formless in the room.

"Sit down before you're seen." Taren hissed, pulling him down.

Mandarin looked around, first in shock, then in anger. "Who dares destroy my formless? Somebody's gonna pay!"

Suddenly, Phillip lost his balance and went plummeting to the ground, landing on several people. Everyone gasped.

"You!" Mandarin growled, advancing towards him.

"I had to be the one who lost my balance." Phillip grumbled sadly. "I'm not even the one who stood up to shoot the formless."

Mandarin picked him up by his shirt collar. "You will pay for what you've done, you little rebel!"

Taren quickly grabbed Chiro's arm as the boy prepared to jump.

"Don't go down there!" He hissed in his son's ear. "Mandarin doesn't know yet! Let's keep it that way!"

Chiro glanced at his father. "I can't just leave him down there!"

"Chiro, you can't…" Taren began, but was cut off as Chiro pulled his arm free and the force caused him to fall. "NO!"

Everyone looked up in time to see the boy falling, but not who it was.

Chiro was knocked out the moment he hit the ground.

Mandarin grinned, even though he didn't know who it was. "So you have a couple of partners in crime, eh? Well, everyone in this room is going to my prison. That should teach you not to mess with me. Formless, arrest them all."

BT and Glenny looked first at Chiro, then at each other, then at Chiro again. BT started shaking the unconscious boy.

"Chiro, you've got to wake up! You need to protect us! Please!" He whispered.

Chiro's eyelids fluttered open. He sat up with a gasp. He hurt so much, but the formless were grabbing people and taking them away. He couldn't let it continue. He stood up shakily.

"Make sure to get anyone still hiding up in those rafters." Mandarin ordered the formless. "Don't forget any…" His sentence was cut short when he was hit from behind by Chiro.

Chiro didn't let Mandarin recover at all as he sent attack after attack at his enemy. He was exhausted, but he wouldn't stop.

Mandarin fell first. The formless immediately stopped what they were doing and went to help. They surrounded Chiro and started beating him. Already hurt from the fall from the rafters, it wasn't long before Chiro passed out.

The fight wasn't over yet though. The citizens joined in with anything they could find and started destroying the formless.

With the formless destroyed and Mandarin unconscious, the remaining citizens hurried back to their homes, taking Chiro with them.